Fish Farm Updates & Events

Alice de Wolff

Momentum is building to get fish farms out of the migratory routes of wild salmon on the BC coast. Here are the latest news updates & events:

UPDATES — January 23, 2018

First Nations’ Government to Provincial Government

The Chiefs of 5 First Nations from the Broughton Archipelago will meet Premier John Horgan and other provincial Ministers on January 30th in Vancouver. The purpose of this meeting is for the BC government to indicate how it will respond to the First Nations’ demands to not renew fish farm licenses on their territories when they come up for renewal in June.

Federal Government

DFO is proposing to download responsibility for farmed salmon inspection to Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which has no mandate to protect wild fish.

DFO’s conflict of interest – it can not, or will not protect the industry and wild salmon at the same time.

Bill C262, NDP Bill to make all Canadian laws consistent with UNDRIP, is in second reading in Parliament. Liberals have indicated they will support it. Vote is in March 2018.

‘Namgis, Swanson Island Camp

Issued eviction notices to Marine Harvest on January 20th.

Chief Ernest Alfred observing a Swanson farm and occupying a camp on Swanson.